Numerous programs aimed at combating violence and instability linked to climate change face jeopardy due to efforts to dismantle U.S.A.I.D. Various projects have tackled issues like water management in Niger and repair of water plants in Basra, Iraq, where confrontations over water scarcity were prevalent. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network has been crucial for anticipating disasters in regions like South Sudan. Recent reports from the German government align with U.S. intelligence highlights the security risks posed by climate change, emphasizing the vital role of mediation programs that U.S.A.I.D. funding has historically supported.
They were buying down future risk, said Erin Sikorsky, director of the Center for Climate and Security... Invest little today so we don't have to spend a lot in the future when things metastasize.
The German government this week released a report calling climate change the greatest security threat of our day and age...
Some U.S.A.I.D. funding supported mediation programs to prevent local clashes over land or water. For instance, as the rains become erratic in the Sahel, clashes between farmers and cattle herders become more frequent.
The aid group's oldest program, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, ran a forecasting system that allowed aid workers in places like war-torn South Sudan to prepare for catastrophic floods last year.
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